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The couple that occupy this combined home and workspace in Tokyo each have their own domain – downstairs is a salon for a hairdresser, while upstairs contains a workspace for a writer (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Climate change action group Extinction Rebellion has unveiled a "radically different" visual identity, including DIY protest posters that will allow activists to flypost cities. Read more

The wonky look of this chair by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex actually makes it stronger. (more…) View the full article

US designer Brad Bartlett used an algorithm to give each copy of design school the ArtCenter's prospectus a different cover, playing on the modernist graphics of alumnus Alvin Lustig. Read more

Arkansas studio deMx Architecture took cues from historic architecture while designing this two-storey modern addition to a local house. Read more View the full article

Movie: earlier today, Jacques Herzog of architects Herzog & de Meuron gave us an exclusive, impromptu tour of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which opens tomorrow in London. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen is launching an international architecture, interiors and design conference called Dezeen Day. The first edition will be held in London on 30 October. Read more

News: Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to transform the central railway area of Bari, a city in southern Italy, with a proposal to build a three-kilometre-long elevated park over the track. (more...) View the full article

These new shots by photography duo Hufton + Crow show visitors climbing the grass-covered sloping roof of the Moesgaard Museum near Aarhus, designed by Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Visitors to Canada's Poisson Blanc regional park can rent this wooden cabin designed and built by Montreal architecture studio Atelier l'Abri, which has a triangular profile that takes cues from A-frame cottages. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: visitors were invited to sit in a chair hooked up to advanced stress-analysis equipment normally used in the car industry at an installation by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for car brand Audi in Milan last month. (more…) View the full article

PARKA Architecture has renovated a modernist home in Quebec City, preserving its most successful features while bringing in more natural light and decluttering the interiors. Read more View the full article

London studio Gort Scott has converted a rundown office block in London's Walthamstow into a hub for local creatives, featuring co-working spaces, maker studios and a bakery cafe (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US architecture practice Collective Office "updated the rustic farmhouse typology" for this house in Wisconsin, which comprises three gabled units clad in black metal siding and shingles. Read more View the full article

New images have been released detailing Renzo Piano's design for a moviemaking museum in Los Angeles, following news that project has just received a $50 million funding donation. Read more View the full article

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's science museum with a skeletal roof that projects over a public plaza has opened in Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Panels of cross-laminated pine form an angular staircase at the heart of this Amsterdam townhouse by MAATworks, which features a bright red facade. Read more View the full article

Creative leaders of London's cultural institutions have collaborated with 10 designers to create an object of personal relevance to them from American red oak wood for London Design Festival. Read more

Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London has once again become a subject of controversy, following reports that its curved facade is channelling gusts of wind strong enough to knock people over. (more…) View the full article

Next month marks the official opening of the Aurlandsfjellet Tourist Route; a scenic mountain road that begins at a wooden viewing platform perched 650 metres above Norways’s longest and deepest fjord (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Courtyards and double-height spaces create a bright and airy atmosphere inside this black house in Mexico City, which was designed by architecture studio PPAA. Read more View the full article

We've rounded up five residences in Ecuador that architects have designed to celebrate the small South American country's local materials and climate. Read more

London Design Festival: Hackney designer Lee Broom has transformed his studio into an old-fashioned grocery store for the London Design Festival (+ interactive image). (more…) View the full article

The best new hotels in the Middle East and Africa take ownership of their unique contexts, say the judges of this year's AHEAD Middle East and Africa Awards, in this video produced by Dezeen. Read more View the full article

Spanish-based designers Kutarq Studio have created a pair of carved bowls based on the shapes left in yoghurt when it is being eaten with a spoon (+ slideshow). (more…)